NEW: St. Mark's Saturdays Classes Will Meet This Week

St. Mark's Saturdays classes are scheduled to meet this Saturday, May 14.

The last Saturday classes for the spring season will meet May 21.

NEW: Window Four Closes on Tuesday, May 24

NEW: Adjusted Schedule on May 23 and May 24

NEW: A Concert and Ice Cream to Close the Semester

NEW: Housing Selection for Next Year Continues

This week in residential life, students submitted roommate intent forms and selected single rooms. The housing process will continue next week with double room house selection on Monday, May 16, at 7:00 p.m. As a reminder, all students are selecting a house, not a specific room. Rooms will be assigned at a later date on a house-by-house basis in consultation with house heads. Questions about housing can be directed to Ms. Caron.

Those students who select a room in the new residence hall will be assigned a temporary room for the start of the school year until the building opens in the fall. Information about the opening of the new residence hall was shared by Mr. Warren in an email on April 29.

NEW: Advisor Selection Process for Next Year

Returning students should have completed advisor preference forms this week, as they were due on Wednesday, May 11. Students, if you have not turned in an advisor preference form, please do so. Parents, click here for a helpful overview of the advisor selection process.

NEW: Weekend Activities for May 14—15

Want to know what's happening this weekend? Check out the Weekend Activities Google Doc for events on campus and trips to off-campus locations.

NEW: The St. Mark’s Theater Department is Proud to Present... 

The Student Directed One Acts: 24 Hour Play Festival on Friday and Saturday, May 13 and May 14, at 7:00 p.m.! During this year’s Student Directed One Acts: 24-Hour Play Festival, actors and directors will be paired with short scripts 24 hours before their performances. Actors and directors must then use their time to stage and rehearse their plays before performing in front of a live audience Friday evening. Our Friday audience will then vote for their favorite play, which will return for an encore performance Saturday evening; all other plays will be replaced by new scripts, new actors, and new directors for Saturday’s performance.

Note: There is limited seating (100 lucky people) available each night (no late admission). Students, please sign out via Orah and alert your dorm head/duty faculty before you attend.

NEW: Parent/Faculty/Staff Book Club, Summer Suggestions

Music lovers, join us Sunday, May 15, at 3:30 p.m. in the Putnam Family Arts Center's Class of '45 Hall for "Joyous Celebrations!" with Julia Churchill on violin and Emma Churchill on cello. Tickets are free for students, $20 for seniors, and $25 for adults, available at www.symphonypromusica.org or by calling (978) 562-0939. Masks are mandatory, as is vaccination or a negative COVID test. Here is the link to the livestream: https://events.locallive.tv/events/80050 

Marshall Farrer ’89 and Jerry Kral P’24 of Brown-Forman invite parents and alumni to learn about tequila in this virtual presentation on Monday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m. EDT. Global Brand Ambassador Ruben Aceves, and Tequila Brand Ambassador William Brooks will lead you through an informational journey and will demonstrate the mixology of a special drink. Ingredients will be shared in your registration confirmation. A Zoom link will be shared the morning of the event. Register here.

The online St. Mark's School store is currently having a 20 percent off sale on decals and magnets for the month of May. Shop the online sale here.

We will begin utilizing our FACTS tuition payment system to show student payment details for all families, including those who pay tuition in advance on the A Plan. There is nothing required on your part at this time, but know that we will share more detailed information on access to this system in the coming weeks. For those who selected the B and C Plan, you will continue to utilize your existing login credentials. For immediate questions, please contact Marcus McDonald in our Business Office at marcusmcdonald@stmarksschool.org or at 508-786-6281.

Thinking about summer already? Wondering where to store all of your student's school stuff? OnDemand Storage will offer off-campus storage for the summer. Interested families should see the attached flyer for details.

Details for this year's VI Form Formal on Thursday, June 9, can be found here.

Prize Day is just around the corner! At St. Mark’s, we are preparing for our 157th Prize Day ceremony on Saturday, June 11. The Prize Day Committee sent an email to VI Form families and students on Wednesday, February 16, that provided preliminary information on our Prize Day ceremony and the schedule leading up to the big day. Select this link to learn more. We look forward to seeing you next month!

Parents should notify Health Services (particularly in the mornings) of any health-related student absences, missed classes, or St. Mark’s commitments by calling 508-786-6372 or emailing healthservices@stmarksschool.org.

Please visit Health Services or contact Adria Pavletic (508-786-6372) if you are exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19. It is imperative that all symptomatic students, faculty, and staff take an antigen test before returning to in-person activities on campus.

To download the most up-to-date Essential Dates calendar, select this link.

Important messages from Head of School John C. Warren '74, as well as additional details pertaining to COVID-19, can be found on our website.

All Deans' Weekly newsletters can be found here on our website.

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